Silly Question Time- What exactly is OS for you?

Claire70_2

Im new here as you know... now Ive seen some of the threads regarding stardrops (an old cleaner my 90 yr old gran used to use) and some other things ..

Now my question is .....

well I have two


What is Old Style?

Is Old Style Better or just cheaper ??? - (with the bread there arnt any additives in homemade so it makes it better for you ...)


What is old Style to you? What is your favourite old style tip ?


(are we turning into our grannies :rotfl: )


Claire

Penelope_Penguin

Claire70 wrote: »

What is Old Style?

I think squeaky answers that here

For me, OS is better but not necessarily cheaper. I can have HM artisnal bread for the price of a ready sliced loaf.

My OS tip will be live for the moment, and save for the future

Penny. x

Topher

To me, Old Style is referring back to skills my grandparents developed and were expected to have, the skills that got them through the war, and applying them to my life to ensure that its me and mine who use as much of my hard earned cash as possible, and don't give it away to all the sharks out there who want to part me from it without a decent return.
These skills helped me in childhood when my Mum and Dad applied them, cushioning us, while we were extremely badly off, and in early adulthood, when I became a single, homeless parent. Through my Old Styling, I've managed to pay for my teacher training, keep a mortgage going with no income other than my student loan, retain custody of my two children, have them educated to where they wanted to be; and now, to pay off my student loan, and pay my mortgage off early (still ongoing). I also met a man who was brought up on the male version of Old Styling, i.e. he rebuilds and maintains all of the fabric and contents of our house.... my kitchen is built out of a skip's contents, and donations, and he's just mended a section of the central heating boiler with a £1.50 part, instead of a £250 unit replacement.....
To me, that is Old Style,
it continues with enjoying some very simple values. My home baking is very much appreciated, as are home made gifts. We haven't had bought bread in months, our food bill is low. We have camping holidays which we love, and don't feel restricted in our choices and needs, we just cut our cloth according to our planned size. Hopefully, paying off the mortgage etc. means I won't have to work up to a ridiculous retirement age as well.
Love to you, and best luck in your endeavours, I find it a fun challenge, not an imposition of restrictions,
Topher:D

moanymoany

Hey topher, you live the os dream.

Have you read the 'Tightwad Gazette' books? I think you will love them, can buy all three in one volume.

Claire70_2

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

I think squeaky answers that here

For me, OS is better but not necessarily cheaper. I can have HM artisnal bread for the price of a ready sliced loaf.

My OS tip will be live for the moment, and save for the future

Penny. x

Thanks will read that later .. still trying to get round the board lol

Topher

moanymoany wrote: »

Hey topher, you live the os dream.

Have you read the 'Tightwad Gazette' books? I think you will love them, can buy all three in one volume.

I bought the Tightwad Gazette for my sister (who NEEDED it) She's saved thousands by following its ideas or at least the principles as apply to her. I have a library of O.S. books which have been discussed on this site before.

I'd support moany's recommendation for this book.

T:D
(its baking day today, and I'm trying to use up all the store cupboard excess)
:wave:

mrdexter

Similar to those that already posted, although I want to save money I want to do it without compromising my lifestyle, and OS is the way to do that. Kind of like buying the more expensive free range chicken but getting more meals from it than spending the same amount of money on several standard chickens.

squeaky

Claire70 wrote: »

Thanks will read that later .. still trying to get round the board lol

Erm...

It might be a good idea to read it FIRST.

It's there to HELP you find your way round the board. Honest.

That's why it says "read me first" on it

Primrose

As a war baby, my formative years were spent watching parents (and grandparents adopt all manner of thifty processes to make things last, "make do and mend" and find alternative ways of doing things which didn't cost money. I count that background as one of the most formative and valuable parts of my education. It helped me get my values in perspective as a young adult, made me financially prudent and enabled me to realise that a lot of pleasure and satisfaction can be gained from life without spending vast amounts of money. Today's younger generation may have grown up in peacetime and prosperity but when you see how many of them have acquired a materialistic "must have" streak which has put them into unnecessary debt, one begins to realise that a certain amount of hardship is not always necessarily a bad thing. Even though I am financially secure (I hope), I still waste nothing. I must have inherited my 86 year old grandmother's genes. When she died, even though she had central heating, she was still saving spent matchsticks in a jam jar for fire kindling in case hardship reared its head again in her old age!